We asked the community of Youtube and Facebook, and our target audience in particular, to comment on versions of our film in order for us to further understand what they would like to see.

Penultimate Version

Comments given by audience members:




From this collection of audience feedback we can understand that we were successful in both our choice of musical accompaniment, as well as our variation in camera shots and angles. The audience responds to the music in a positive way, as seen via their comments, mentioning that it suits the on screen footage and genre well.

There was one instance of constructive criticism, whereby an audience member highlights the shot of the two hooded youths on the estate. He states that he feels that the clip is cut too short and does not linger on the characters long enough, perhaps making it difficult for him to establish who they are and their role in the opening titles. In order to rectify this, we intend to lengthen the original clip for about a second , allowing audiences to gain a better understanding of their presence.

Final Version:

Comments given by audience members:

Our audience again complimented the music and use of camera angles and shots, and there were no complaints about any shots being too fast as there were in the penultimate version of the film.

The newly added monologue, intended to help the audience more fully understand the plot of the film within the first two minutes, received praise as well as constructive criticism. Whilst it did fulfil its goal of making the plot more easy to follow, one member of the audience said that the voice was slightly hard to understand towards the end of each sentence.

Crediting has been a topic of much debate whilst making our film, as we have found it difficult to come together to decide how they should be done. However, we settled for a more simplistic approach as it more fitting with the genre than any other. This is reflected in the audience's opinion, as one commenter related the film to Green Street.

Actors

Dan- Yasir Saleem: This actor was chosen for the specific role of Dan as we had wanted to challenge the traditional conventions of the stereo typical, white British 'thugs' seen in other Brit Grit films, while keeping to other conventions so as not to completely stray from the genre. Another important specification for the character of Dan , that this actor met, was that he must be aged 18+ in order for us to show him on screen with cigarettes and alcohol.

Hoodie 1- Luke Howarth:

We used this actor as he was similar to Robbie Nichol (see Below) in that we had short hair, looking thuggish and wore a hoody with a chain, following many conventions.

Young Mum- Hannah Lenane: We chose for the character of the teenage mum to be played by myself as I met the stereo typical ideas that our audience will have of a young mum living on an estate (white, between the age of 16-17).

Hoodie 2/ Dan Friend 2- Robbie Nichol: This actor was ideal to play both the character of a hooded youth as well as an older thug friend of Dan's as we felt that his appearance is simplistic, making it easy for his look to be manipulated via costume to become different characters successfully. For example his shaved head can be associated with both an older man as well as a youth. Similarly to the specifications of the actor to play Dan, it was important that the actor playing the role of Dan's friends in the pub was 18+, once again this actor met this specification.

Dan Friend 1- Jack Reynolds

"Hoodies"

We have chosen to dress our two "Hoodie" characters in a style stereotypically associated with young working-class males, with items of clothing from the casual sporting-gear market. They were given tracksuit bottoms, baggy jeans, trainers, and hooded tops. When on camera, they are shown with their hoods up, slightly concealing their faces in an attempt to make themselves seem more intimidating. They are also wearing jewellery, showing off what little wealth they have to those around them.

"Dan"

Dan is shown wearing a hooded leather jacket, jeans, plimsol trainers, and a checkered shirt. Whilst able to maintain an urban style typical of Londoners, he is also demonstrating that he has been able to gain some sort of economic stability in his early twenties, perhaps suggesting intelligence and ambition.

"Pub Friends"

Both are dressed similarly to Dan, wearing hooded tops. This shows that they are part of a small unit, representative of the films we researched.

Scene Breakdowns

Scene 1 Breakdown

Scene 2 Breakdown

Scene 2 Breakdown, II

Storyboard

Filming Schedule

-Belthorn Crescent - Council Estate
06/03/10 Saturday - 12:00
07/03/10 Sunday - 12:00
10/03/10 Wednesday - 17:00

-Selherst Park - Football Stadium & Outside Pub
12/03/10 Friday - 17:00

-The Five Bells - Pub
20/03/10 Saturday - 12:00

25/03/10 Thursday - 17:00

27/03/10 Saturday - 12:00

Filiming Locations

Council Estate Scene

Lambeth, Greater London SW12 0, UK

(near Balham)

Satellite View

Map View

Surrounding Area

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Neville Court, Weir Road, Balham, SW12.



The council estate we have chosen to use is representative of the Brit Grit genre as many locations were filmed in lower class areas, council estates in particular. It helps in demonstrating the class of most of the characters and their upbringings and surroundings, which may also partly explain how they have been led to crime or violence.

We eventually agreed on this location for our film as it met our requirements for what we felt were necessary in order to portray our characters life style and the type of area in which the film is to be set. The estate is large, allowing us a variety of locations on which to shoot. The surrounding buildings are bland, dully coloured and run down, paint is stripped and peeling from some of the walls. The dull colours and grotty, urbanized area link to the settings seen in other films of the same genre, making our choice in location successful.

Script

Dan: How do you get your kicks? Some will choose the easy way out from the shitty existence we’ve imposed upon ourselves. Waking up everyday at 6.30 to get the tube with a load of cognoscenti bastards, and accept their place in the nostalgia of office life, take their orders from some big shot fucking cunt in a shirt and tie, make the instant coffee and fill their place in the endless line of scum, working for minimum wage –that they’ll only spunk away anyway on kebabs, booze and a 10 pack of Mayfair as they try to accept the lives they lead. After that go back to the 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, semi-detached shit hole in no-wheres-ville, complete with a loveless marriage that’s descending into a sexless, joyless routine of Iceland ready made microwavable dinners and Saturday night TV. All of which was settled for just so you don’t die alone. Fuck that for a laugh. I choose life. I choose football. In fact you can forget the fucking football, I choose the carnage that comes with it. Football doesn’t stem from violence, but the violence stems from football. The broken knuckles, chipped teeth, covered in claret –it comes from within. You either have it, or you fuck off.

Organisation

Filming on location

Football Match Dates

-Sunday 14th February 2010


Crystal Palace v Aston Villa 
Kick-Off 3.45pm

-Wednesday 17th February 2010


Crystal Palace v Reading 
Kick-Off 8.00pm

-Saturday 20th February 2010


Crystal Palace v Coventry City 
Kick-Off 3.00pm

Council Estates

-Crystal Palace

-Selhurst

-Thornton Heath

Pub

- The Five Bells: 68 - 70 Streatham High Road, London, SW16 1DA

Tel: 08721 077 077

Free Periods

	Yasir & Hannah	Robbie	Luke
Mon	4	4, 6	3, 6
Tue	5	1, 2, 5	4
Wed	5	3	5
Thu	1, 2	1, 2, 4	-
Fri	3	3, 5	1, 2

Equipment/Props

- Dog on leash

- Cigarettes & lighter

- Doll, pram

- Tripod

Film Treatment

The year is 1995, London, and we see a working class estate, where old worn-down electrical appliances found on the street and blood stained walls is a norm. Two best friends (aged 10), who have grown up together, are running away from an old man with broom shouting at them. The smaller, more ‘nerdier’ looking boy, TOMMY, falls over and the bigger more older-looking boy, DAN, helps him up and leads him to a back alley where they are safe from the old man. As they both catch their breath, they smile at one another and laugh about how he will get them one day and how Dan will always have Tommy’s back.

The year is now 2010, and we can see a man running through an alley, looking very scared and worried, sounds of fighting are heard in the background. Another man jumps out in front of him and criticises how Crystal Palace fans are cowards. The nervous man then begins to verbally abuse the other man before the man tries to hit him. Before he lands his punch, a bigger man jumps out and knocks him out. The bigger then laughs before winking at him. We now find out that the bigger man is DAN. Tommy then laughs and asks why he is here because Millwall aren’t even playing today. Dan then tells him once again that he will always have his back. This is when we find out that the two friends support opposing teams.

When they are walking down the street, Tommy invites Dan to the pub for a drink but Dan informs him that all the Millwall fans are there at the moment and how badly they would react if they saw a Palace fan with a Millwall fan. This is when we find out that they are part of Firms and they both know about it.

A few days later, we now see Dan walking into the pub to see a group of males singing songs about how Millwall is the greatest team in the world; this establishes that these people are the Millwall firm. They all greet Dan very fondly, which shows us that he is of a high rank in this particular firm.

As we find out more about the characters and their friends, family and personalities, we then see Dan being informed by one of the members of the Millwall firm that Millwall will be playing Crystal Palace next Week and he has to be there to lead them.

Dan then meets up with Tommy in his flat and informs him of this and that there is no way of getting out of it. They are both upset by this and feel as if it’s the end of their friends because they know they will have to fight one another. The moment is very sad and the characters are almost brought to tears. Tommy lets Dan know that both of them always knew that this day would come and they couldn’t be friends forever. Dan disagrees strongly and tells him that they will be friends till the end.

Once the match fight time arrives, both teams’ members are all fired up and ready to fight whilst Dan and Tommy are looking very serious and slightly nervous with little movement. The fight begins and we see both Dan and Tommy beating up others people but deliberately staying away from each other to avoid fighting one another, every so often, they will glance at each other. After a while, Tommy gets seriously injured with by someone wielding a knife and Dan runs straight over and carries him away, others members are shouting at him, asking what he is doing but he keeps running with Tommy in his arms.

Now both are in an alley way, Tommy is on the floor bleeding to death whilst Dan is kneeling next to him with a tear in his eye. Tommy then musters up a laugh and reminds Dan that they couldn’t be friends forever, they both laugh and Dan asks what he does now because he can’t go back or they will kill him. Tommy says that they both knew that this was a bad idea to begin with and then he bids Dan farewell as he dies. Dan begins to cry, gets up slowly and starts to walk away.